At the this year first World Cup competition in ice difficulty climbing in Valle Daone (Italy) last weekend (22 January 2006) the Czech climbers ended: Standa Hovanec 26th, Jan Doudlebský 47th, Jiří Slabý 50th, Martin Louda 53th.

Brief results
Difficulty men:
1 57 Anthanatten Samuel (SUI)
1 47 Berger Harald (AUT)
3 65 Klammer Herbert (ITA)

Women:
1 30 Papert Ines (GER)
2 68 Torretta Anna (ITA)
3 11 Maureau Stephanie (FR)

Speed men:
1 Shved Nikolay (RUS)
2 Evgeny Kryvosheytsev (UKR)
3 Alexander Matveev (RUS)

Women:
1 Maria Shabalina (RUS)
2 Nataliya Kulikova (RUS)
3 Marina Rashitova (RUS)

Full result at www.daoneicemaster.it

The World Cup continues this Friday in Czech Republic at Tanvaldský Špičák - look at the article Tendon Icebreaker.

We try to interpret you information about the competition afterwards on the weekend.